Make Confession available again
SIR – I would like to endorse the comments made by Dr Holly Ordway (Letter, April 12) on the subject of the Confession crisis.
I now live in Antwerp, Belgium, where, due to a shortage of priests and perhaps lack of penitents, Confession is normally available only on request. Until two years ago the cathedral only provided Confession during Holy Week, but now it offers it most weekdays for 30 minutes before the 4pm Mass. Regular scheduled Confession is only available in St James’s Church every Saturday for two hours – in Dutch, English and French.
